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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1884-11-14, Page 2THE HU ON EXPOSTOrts 1 QUEBNIE'S WHIM. CHAPTER L TREATS OF ARITHMETIC. "A. little way, a very little way (Lite iEt so short), they dig into the rind, And they are very sorry, so they say,— Sorry for what they fled."—Joan Iugelow. have aIwaya thought the history of the ugly duckling one of the truest and most pathetic of all stories. It own- mences in the sad minor key, a lo_ng prelude of oppression, of raisunderetand- . ing. The unknown creature, sombre of plumage, makes no way among itscorn. panions ; itS folded up beauties renaaird hidden. The duck -pond represent the world. Amidst plenty of quackery and folly the weaker goes to the wall. By and by the key changes; the long neck arches above the weeds; amidet a burst of triumph the ugly (Tackling sails away into feiry-land a beantiful swan. .After all, there is a, wonderful moral - hidden under these quaint old stories. Beauty and goodness always go togeth- er ; the ugly aister, dropping toads in- stead of diamonds and roses, is only the poetical incarnation of envy and discon- tent; truth, and raeroy and kindness to the aged always unfold themselves under the garb of a beautiful young gill. And so the children glean precious stones of wisdom, odd -shaped and many - colored, out of the fanciful borders of fairy-Iand. Queerde Marriott once compared her- self and her little eister Emmie to the ugly duckling of the fable. t There must be two of -them," she said; "only it was lubious when either of them would become swans." No one at Granite Lodge understood them; certainly net Miss Titheridge, or the other teachers, or the girls, unlees it • were Cathy, and even Cathy, much as she laved them, voted them peculiar Queeme was only speaking meta- phorically when she made this droll simile ; the grave young teacher— Madam Digaity, as the other girls had nicknamed her—was sufficiently alive to her own attractions not to fear unjust comparisons. , Withoat being handsome, Queenie was woman enough to know that her clear brown complexion, white teeth, ancl brown velvety eyes would win a certaia amount of commendation. Qneenie's eyes, as she well knew, were her strong point ; they were of singular depth and expreasion. Some one once remarked that they reminded him of brown wells„ for they had no bottom. poraebody was right; but they were not . Mild eyes fon all that. Bat we must tell how Queenie Mar- riott became a teacher at Miss- Tithe. ridge's, in the select establishment for young- ladies at Granite Lodge, where her little stater Emmie was a sort of foundation scholar, or demi-semi-board- er, as one witty young lady described her, with reference to the somewhat scanty scholastic privileges eked out by MiaS Titheridge in return for unmitigat- ed drudgery on Queenie's part, and a trifling stipend paid out of Queenie's poor little purse, the. contents of which barely sufficed to find them in decent clothing Her own- and part of Einmie's board were all the:wages Queenie received for her enduranOe and patient labor; and half of the miserable little p4tanOe of forty pounds a year, left to her by her mother, was paid quarterly into Miss Titheridge's hand, iuvariably received by Miss Titheridge in the same stony manner, and ackuowledgecl in the same word: " I hope yen and Emily will always be grateful to us, Miss Marriott, for the handsome and gratuitous man- ner in vvbiela ray poor sieter and myself have befriended von" (the second Miss Titheridge had been dead fifteen years, but it was Miss Titheridge's way always to aesociate the deceased as though she were still the paxtuer of her labors). Tlaere would have been very few in this rfeercenary world who would have acted so generously, but, as Caroline always beautifully puts it, we do it 'not to be seen of mend " After which speech it was odd that the visitors—to Granite Lodge, when they were ushered into the school roona„ always gazed. curl- misly at the young teacher, and then at a certain alosely cropped head. in the darkest corner, and went out whisper- ing to themselves -of Miss Titheridge's Christianity and magnanimity of soul. In more than one case the story turned the: scale in the mind of a dubious parent, who after such a recital could not hat trust her darlings ander the care of so good a creature as Miss Tithe, ridge. " My dear, she actually supports those two poor orphans; she assured me that a .few pounds are all she in- ceives, aud that is pressed upon her. Can you cenceive such generogity ?" went on one warm-hearted visitor, the mother of seven female hopes, at least to Miss Titheridge; a poor hard- working schoolenietress, and treats them as though they were her own daughters." Queenie'ancl Em and their staunch friend Cathy could have told a differ- ent tale. less nitrnished and higlaIy col- ored. Miss Tithericlge's adopted dangla- tors fared somewhat scantily; not in- deed Oil the bread and water of afflic- tion, but an bread on whioh the butter was spread spittingly, on cold tea, on the least tempting cuts of the joint after the young ladies were served. And they were lodged somewhat coldly, in a large roomy attic, with a draughty win- dow and no fireplace, wherein little Era's hands became at times very blue and, chilled—a place ranch ha.unted by a sportive farail•y of mice, who gam- bolled and nibbled through the small hours of the night, with an occasional squeak from Mr. or Mrs. Mouse that roused Queenie, dozing uneasily under the thin blankets, and kept her awake and shivering for hours. These were hardships, certainly ; but as Queenie was given to observe semewhat bitterly, she was used to hardships. Queenie and her little half-sister Emi- ly were the daughters of a clergyman, who held a living in the north of Eng- land, at first in Lancashire, which afterwards he had exchanged for one in Yorkshire. • Qaeenie never recollected her mother, but ahe, did not lo -ng miss maternal care, which was warmly lavialied upon her by her young stepmother. She was only seven years oId when her father naarried again, he had made an excellent choice in his second wife, and as was extreme- ly rare in such cases, had secured a real mother for his little girl. Mrs. Marriott was not a jachoions woman in some respects', but elle was extremely warra-hearted and sensitive, she would have thought it the height of intastice to make any difference between the children, even though one was her own, and she prided herself on treating them with equal tenderness. Mr. Marriott was devotedly &Michel to his wife and children, and yet it could not be said that he was a happy man. He had one fault; he was a bad arithmetician; throughout his life he never could be made to understaad that a pound did not omelet of thirty shil- lings. It sounds ludicrous, impossible. A highly educated man, and a good Chr s- tian, nevertheless it was the case. TL is mistaken notion spoiled his life, aud brought him to his death a broken - spirited man. Queenie never recollected the time when her father was not in debt; the sweet domestic life of the vicarage was poiSoned and blighted by this upas tree shiclow of poverty. Mrs. Marriot 's pretty girl bloom died out under it, her soft cheek grew thin and haggard. It haunted the study -chair where 'Mr. Marriott spent hoprs of hard brabh a d heart labor for his people; it spo e despondently in his sermons; it wea ened the strong head and arm, a d marred their usefulness. This man was faulty, depend on he had begun life at the wrong end; e had been bred up in luxury, and h d educated himself to the pitch of fastid oneness; he would preach the gospel, and yet not endure hardness, neitb r would he lay aside the purple and Ilse linen that should be his by inheritancl . Fresh from the university, Le ha commenced life in this wise. Lan' before prudence would. have dreamed f such a thing, he had taken a wife t himself, a beautiful young creatnr also &clergyman's daughter, whObroug her husband a dowry of forty pounds year. After her death, which occurred whe Queenie was two years old, there was long sad interval of confusion and mi management. An extravagant maste end extravagant servants made ' sa • havoc in an income .that ought to ha,v sufficed for comfort and competence. The young widower was in sore pligh when Emily Calcott married him • thereby angering and alienating he only remaining .relative, a brother, a that time a wealthy solicitor in Car lisle. "Heaven forbid that you should d this thing, Emily P' he had said to her not unkindly, but with the hardnes habitual to him. "11 yommarry Fran Marriott you- will live to rue the da you ever becarne his wife; thriftless extravagant, and already in debt the tell me, and burdened with' a child Panee a moment before you decide, an remember that you must choose bet wee him and me." Emily Calcott paused many moment before she consented to shake off th dust of her brother's house and shut ou from him the light of her fair face, th only one his crabbed and uarrowe nature ever really loved. But Fran Marriott was a goodly enough man t look upon, and had dangerous gifts o persuasiveness; and pity- in her sof heart was even stronger than love, an he seemed so helpless, left with hi little child; and so she married him She had walked, poor thing, open -eye into a very pitfall of shifting perplexity. From the very first she found hersel entangled in a web of every -day worr and annoyance; small debts grew larger and widened pitiably; and so the wo- man's honest soul grew faint and weak, and no purpose, however strong, aud no effort, however well suetained, seemed to extricate them. It was just that mistake of thirty shillings in the pound that caused the fatal mischief. Queenie, young as she was, soon grasped the truth of it all. • " We are poor because we have never learned to do without things," she said once to her father, whom she loved ten- derly, and yet, saddest of all things in a girl's life, whom she eopebliOw failed to honor. She had gone to him like b. zealous young reformea, to organize a new regime in that troubled household. Her stepmother was dead—prematurely faded and worn out—and things seemed tending toi some painful crisis. " It isn't honest'', to, do what we, are doing; we must measure our needs by oar purse. I am not ashamed of our pover- ty, or of my shabby dresses," went on the girl, in a hard. proud voice, with a little gasp in it. "Mamma did not mind it, neither do I. But what shames me is to know that we have not paid people, that we never shall if we' go on like this. Papa,papa, do rouse yourself, and look into things, and you will see what I mean." " Yes, yes, child, so I will," he had answered, cowed by her earnestness and by some presentiment of the truth ; but the effort killed him. He had not been a wilfully dishonest man; he had merely "not learned to do without things," as Queenie put it in her childish way. He was a gentle- man, and such things had become the necessaries of life to him. .,The pound had not yielded him thirty shillings afterall. • People said the vicarage was tieh eal thy, not properly drainecland ventilated, or a low fever would not have carried off both husband and wife. But might it not have been that, in the old Biblical phrase, the man's spirit had died with- in him, and left him an easy prey to the fever? Queenie thought so as she sat beside him in those long night watches. "What a fool I have been about money and everything I" she heard him mutter once. Oh, if he had only learned to do without things, how much happier for them all! It was an unhealthy home -atmos- phere for a girl to breathe. Qaeenie grew np with two very prominent ideas: first, that money was essential to hap- piness, and secondly, that honesty, and self-denial were two of the greatest vir- tues: Poverty is a hard taskmaster to the young. Queenie became a little hard and reticent in her self-reliance; she made bitter speeches occasionally, and had odd little spasms of repressed passion. But she had two weak points, Emmie and Cathy, and she would have worked her fingers to the bone for either. Between her and Miss Titheridge there was war to the death. A few of the girls disliked her, two or three feared her, to the rest she was purely indifferent. She was their equal, but because of her shabbiness and poverty they chose to regard her as their in- ferior.. Quiet disdain, unmitigated re- serve, should be her role for the future. Neither did she owe Miss Titheridge any gratitude. Miss Titheridge had a eonscientions teacher cheap, that was all. She had paid her /Own and 1 , Eramie's board over and overl againby thzrnagowf ocrereless drudgery ahd. pains- , " She gives me stones Istead of bread," she said ouce to her Only co f. - dente. "What dol owe her, Cat I y? Has she elver a kind word or look foris? It Makes/me miserable to see! Emma ; she is p ning like a bird itt a c ge. in Soetim s I think I would rather l' ve with Em ie in a garret and take in plain needle -work. We could talk to each other then, and I could tell er Stories and make her laugh; She ne er lante,hs now, Cathy." 1 ' ' Hush, Queenie, you are se impe it - °tat I have a plan in. my head, a d a , delightful plan. We aall see, we a ra I i see." , CHAPTE GRANITE L " 03, shun, my friend, a coast, ['here pea e expires and ,By wit, by grief, by anger ITU apace) cantemptnous Dr. How Q eenie bec II. DGE. id that danger ir affecti n's lost urged, fo bear nd the s orafnl a John Langhorne, me the un teasther a Miss Titheridge' l must told here s ortly. Queenie was only Seventeen When father diei, but she ha1 alrea y form herown pi: ns of ind pende ce. T repressive tmosphere f a co4ipanio or governess' existence was Iecu1ia repugnant to her tastei Teac ling indeed her forte. She had !may o patience and industry ; her tote of chil dren was eep and i hermit buts. felt that s e ntust see' another cha nelewhere he could tv rk off auperfl ous energy aud attain independen Sheiwould be a national school -in trese. Aided by a friend, of Whorn remit spelt anon, Quee ie so far earn out bet determination hat she spe the neat t o years at a training colle at Dnrha4i, and had 'ust obtained second-clas certificate, when new di calties inte veued. Tie old imrse with whom ;she h d placed Era ie died; th little istook reoney whi h had been ()fleeted for t e orphans by sympathizing friends w s here could s e find a he ie? It was this tjunctu itheri ge, w o knew the d, and wbo w s now in daily. e for Ern O that Miss arriotts of b fibre need of d in with Marriott return, for On. ad hours of ould make er cheriehe idge was personally e decorous rules an ton of the life would oppress a d weigh upon her. Still, beggars mut not he cheoeers, as her 41d friend Cal b hunoiman oftensaid; and. it was f Entriaie's sa o. Oh, if diss Ti herid poly e Mild to Emmie, lhow s Would wor for her, h�w she wou er her giatitude I Ft:411e ho el Before meat?' ,mont were over, Queenie bi torts/ ruled t 11 a a just nese ,offe setv stepp Mis COS in and ducat Qaeenie b+re she relinquish Mies Tithe to her. T 6 an und r goy magn ninio s hould ive hr Emmi 's boa, d secret fretti p her iisc indep ltdenc odioijis MOL1 false,step s len With a sense of r Latta Emmie drooped and pine unloving twit uncongenial atm The poor little sensitivethl e had taken arid grew en pressed wron in t spher t gre mentally dwarfed ; the yoangi, shoo ceaeed to expand. Queenie could hae wrung her hands with anguish whe she thought of her own weakness an impotence to avert the mischief:- E mie's, bright intelligence grew blunted a cOustant system of fault findicibg an rigorous punishment cowed an stup fied the child's timid epirit ; only kin nese and judicious training could ava with such a nature.. • Enhmie did not graw sullen, hex te per as too sweet e.nd mild to herb resen bid 'a recre inaa,g oped fandil Qtl ing in the wind() light in a perfect stn hich she could give I was dark, and she s e did not like to co s .hoo-room, as she Prantien, and so on. menta out of a child' • day tyrannies; little s cl!ropped into virgin perhaps a terrible ha Qaelanie's passion& shield:herdittle siste only %ling to each ot etch ferying to hide fr Much she had suffere "1 am only tole Emnoie would say droll, 1 unchildish w Queenie; yon and I will live together when I am a woman we shall forget all on trouble& Emmie would hide -the little bla hand pn whieh:Fraulein'trruler ha down eto sharply that day, and sa ing of the pain, for fe r Queeniefret. But with all her Emmie suffered less ter. Queenie would achin head and thro later ight, revolving eriug them both fr bonda • An poor I hate Queenieand Caleb bai in a little house all by • Emtnie was never w this ideal house. It rooms' and a cupboard den in front, where t If ful feelings; but she became mot d over-sensitiv. . Deprived of th tion natural to childrea, r nation became unhealthilY deve she peopled the old gavot wit s; and not infrequently taised eustein of her own creation. enie sometimes found her cowe -recess in the tw - or of tertor, for DO tangible teasoi . was afraid, an e down into th as in disgraee wit Poor pitifal fins. • life, small every eds of unkinduesh oil, to bring fort vest. be love could no ; the two, coult er in mute 4orrow, in the other ho 1. ably rniserable,! ometinees, in he y. " Dob't cry nd dear old Cale °Me day, know perhaps, and the An kene • oom noth houl 1 r _ • • • childish troubies hail the elcler sis lie awake wit bing pulses ugh chemes for deliv m the imams o e, as she phrased it. every night Emmie prayed he ttle prayer that she might no iss Titheridge, and that sipe an ht live tcgether themselve ary of des ribing must havje four , and a little gar- ey might grow sweet "1 you, Q times. smoke t Cale they k Lodge with t had k peas and roses. laould hot° to b4 rich; shmild not ueenie?" she ould say some - "Caleb would not be able to his long pipes then." Runciman wa the only friend ew outside the gates of Granite for Queenie hall long ago lroken e old acquaint nces whotn she own when her ether was alive. Some had been offe ded at he4 inde- pendence and unwillingness to take their advice, others had merely cooled, a fewhad forgotten the orphans. Queenile was too proud to remind them of her existence ; but she and Ramtie clung tie their old friend Calebt`Runci- man. He was the old confidential clerk itif their uncle, Andrew Calcott, who was still the prin,cipal solicitor in Carlisle. And ew Calcott had never forgiven is sister her • marriage with Frank arrio t. She had chosen between hem, Ike said, and must abide 1y her ecision. The hard, jealous natu e had received a 'sec never recovered. passion he had which only p Caleb Runcima nor any child of penny of his mo (To b et blow from which it In a Moment of bittor ttered a terrible oath, r EmilIy Caloott taid beard, that neither ale hers shquld ever have a, ey. Continued.) REAL ES ATE FOR SALE. ARM FOR SALE 1 -For sali, the south half Pf n 1, Gr, y, containing 50 acrea clpared, part of ti e iied down and part busTi. e and stable, a young ofr fall wheat. It is sitnat d muter or Jamtstown. t he adjoiing 50 acres are roperty will be so'd teparata y to SAMVEL or ANDREW rm, or by mail to Jameli- 850 lot 10, concessi acres. There are 3( balance has been bu There is a frame bo chard and 4i Dares o within a mile and a will be sold cheap. also far sale. This ) ly or together. App POLLOCK, on °leaf, town P. 0. FARM WANTED. Wanted to rent for a tonal of years, a goo farm, containing not lois than 100 acres, with c..mfortilbilo buildings and everything onnvenie t and it good ellaPe. liberal rent wilt be 9id, and satifactory refer- ences eon be given i required Or a fifty acne farm with frame buildings, rood orchard and plenty of water, or town proprtv in Stratford )ielding a good revenue. will be 6:changed for a large farm such as the ab ,ve, and the difference paid in cash. Apply to JO 'PPE J. DENNIS 876-tf 1 Leadbury, P. 0. — FARM FOR SALE IN HUILETT — North 1. parts of Lots 34 and 35. Ct ncession 13, con- taining 112 acres; 80 acres (flea ed ; the remain - dor is emu' hardwood bush. 8 il, clay loam, we 1 !watered with a never failing s -ring creek nein tin the premise?. Frame barn end 'stables, lo hottee and a good young orchar 1 It is convenien to churches and echoole, end is situated 4 milef; from Blyth and 10 from Cliu on. For further particulars apply to 'WALTER CUNNINGlIAM on the Sonth part of said lot , or to Loucks!. borough P. O. 799 1 : 'FARM IN TUCKERSMITH F R SALE —Cow- tainiug 100 ticres, being Lot 11, in the 401 concession, IL R. S., Tnekersin th, all cleared and In a gord state of cultivation. There are on the premises 2 good fame dwelling houses, 1 small barn and a bank barn. There aro two never Lint ing springs, conveniently situ ted. and a gno Orchard. Said -.farm is situated one and a hal miles from- Seaforth aad adjoin ng the village of legmondville on the Kippen Gra -el road. Terme Posseseimi at ape° App y on the premise - Or to JOHN McM.URIt Y,Egm udville. 877-tf " pROPERTY FOR offers for stile, th ces ion 5, Bibbert, 44 of which at e cleare cultivation. There ar wheat, and six acres r 1 :rm is well fenced Hlic ings are log. It is situ Dublin and s x of reads to each place. four lots in Dublin, s Yain Street. here is They tire also wel Of the above' prop as the proprietdr inteu Is leaving the country/ For further particnlars apply to the Proprietor on the farm, or to D blin P. 0. JELIEMIA 1 •8S1x4 LLE:— worth lin ntaihing acid in about - wly src a ell dra1ined. The build - ted witl in five miles of eaforth, with good gravel, Also a brick house andi uth of the railway, on a good AT 1 on the lots .fenced. • The whol rty wili be sold cheap The undersigne f of Lot 26, Con 50 acres, abou a good tta,to o eightacres of fal ded down. Th 'VARM FOR SALE. ing of 2 0 acres Township of Bay, sit between the townshi_ within one tuile of tlie 1 ter, and a good market. remninder in p isture web underdra irked and half acres of orchard, dwelling, a ith first cies wells, with a Lever faili the premises. Title i paiticulars, apply on t HINO, Proprietor; LLIOT, Real -Estate a A valuable farm, coneist- f first-c'ass land in the ated on the Town Line 9 of 1-1 ty and Stephen; ourishing viliege of Exe- 150 acres clear of sturepI, and gool mix«1 timber, well fenced. One and a tralted f:uit, large brick outbuildings ; three good ig epringrunnieg through disputable. For further e premiies, to THOMAS Exeter _?. 0. GLINN clut, Exeter. 874-13 USINESS FOR - S LE. — offers for sale his arriage/ ent and dwellipg sit lilted in i:ippen, together with he business. The ehop i fig an ekeellent paint -id of same size. The t 'relived , 'containing 7 ioodshed and a never f i s been established 17 yetus, th •t has -steadily inerensel. Thi'. Pcning fur one who de -has to itable bush ess. III het lth is tIl Cason for selina.. For furl her i -WILLIAM EDGAR, It be too s he undersigned taking establish - the village of ncl good will of 70 feet iy 22 feet,contain- hop, L.ttj�d and plastered dwelling is comfortably moms, esides kitchen, int g w 11. The business deg which time is a splendid o safe and pro - o sole and only qiiticulurs,nrIph- Ki, pen P. 0. 875 -ti .1 - PI ENDID FARM , tale cheap, an aauttessions 14 and 15, t ng 200 acres, of which Onced and in 5 high sta S a good orchaid and brough the farm. The oining lot. It IH withi Waltou aid six miles FOR 'S LE CHEAP.— on eaF ' terms lot 11 waship. s Grey, contain - 50 acres are cleated, well e of cul ivation. There •swing. creek raining e is a se iool on the ad - 31 mile. of the village rum Br isse's, with good rch Fleet,. It is a choice ry cheal and . on ersy o oweer is anxious to re- ly on tIH premises or ad - &M DOI_ GLAS. 860x4t1 ravel roads leading to ci o-tu and will bc sold V fliS of payment, as •th ire from farming-. API read Walton P. 0. AD ARM IN McKILLO the north 132 acres cKillop, of which 100 nee', wel undeadrai altivation. The balan est of hardwood. -11)0 f ee from stumps, and 2 ere are good frame b qa large young bearing Al miles ft om theavilIng fa th, and 8 fa m Bru. nads leading to each place. Th wn with fall wheat. he farm tie block, or 60 acres o it, to piny on the premises, •r addres OMAS SOUTER. FOR S of lot 1 acres a ed and it O is tim LE.—Far , concession 14, q cldared,. well a high state of )ered with the e are eig ity acres nearly 0, rods (1 board .fence. ildings, three wells, and orchard . It is situated of Walt al, 12 from Sea- sels, wi' h good gravel re are 14 acres will be 801110 -nit pirchaser. P.0. 828 PLENDID FARM IN BRUC For Sale, Lot 30, COriCeSSi011 nee, containing 104 t cres et' es are cleared, fence and fre e balance is thnbered priucipall rdwood and a little hemlock fratue buildings, and' a neve 6r•ek running through t e place. les from the flourishi g town ual diStallee from Und rwood. s tool opposite the pla.c , and it i s tlenaent. There is a Tlendid ricks or tile, which is w eth one tsked for the farm. This is a a Id will be sold very. ch ap. Ap ';forth P. 0. FOR SALE— (3, township of •vhich about 8Q from stutnps. with splendid 'encing. There failing spring It is within 6 of Paisley and There is a good - in a splendid clay bank for mirth of what spleradid farm, ny to box 24, 877-t OOD FARMS FOR 8 LE.—In order to close the uffairs of the es ate of tie late W. G. ingstan, the executors ffer the following very va liable lands for sale FitTt-I-North half of iiqt 80, Concession 6, '1' wuship of Morris, coro- ilaining 90 acres. On th s lot is rected a good iraine earn with stone fo ndation good eirchtuai, w 11 and pump. Nearl al cl, red, lad is on , the gravel road closely a joining- the village of 11 Br ssels. This farm is a valuab' one, is well 1 fe ced and in a good stet of cultit ation. :Second. , ot 4; Cone( ssion 5, to vriship cat Grey; county of IHurn, containing PO acres, m1l ac -es cleared al free of stumps, bale ce well timbered with part good haidwood, pint and ced Itr. Ir. is three aid a half miles from Brussels and one mile fro 1 gravel road. Fo • • , price • and terms I aa ily to I nos. KELLY, truaaels P. 0., HENRY JENNINGS, Victoria Squ re P. 10., or JAMES S NI lT11, Maple Lodge P. ., Middlesex County. 868 a ARM FOR SALE.—Fo Sale, Irt 37, Conces- sion 4, East Wawanos ,County of Huron,con- hiring- 200 acres, about 1 0 acres cleared,90 acres e from stumps. Th re are 117 acres of fall -teat and the bestorchar 1 in the Township,being e'res. It is well watete and the balance of the rin is well timbered Ith beat, maple, elm, ite ash, black ash, henn ck and eedar for folic - Y The farm is well fen 'ed and la.s good out - hidings and good. log hcuse, fraiae bank barn x36 feet, frame bank sh rid and stabling 106x26, rbip house attached t stablitig with stone low and frame above 48x12. ,bhurches and lois close by, 2 saw n ids within laf miles. rkets—Blyth, 5 nine , Belgr ve, 6 miles; ingham, 12 miles; Clin on 15 iles, all good rkets. The farm is of ood quality, in a good qe of cultivation and ve y clear of foul weeds it has been under my c re sine it was bush. rins—A small amount d van to S cure the sale d16 per cent. ou the ba same ani 10 years to y for it, if needed, as t e Propr etor does not e1 the money, only intereat. Th cause of sell - is the want of health. For further particu- s, apply to the owner on the farm, or 1:ty letter, Myth P. 0. Ont. JAM 8 W. .11IULD. 818 THE MAMMOTH STOOK OF 11Y GOODS AND MILLINERY SHOWN BY MESSRS. DTJNCAN & DUNCA —OF THE 1-1OTTS; This fall, is far ahead of Aorrner years, not only as regards quality and price. The cash purchaser can procure this season duantity, but for bargains far ex- ceeding any former year, as Owing to the depression in trade met only in the United States, but in Great iBritain and the Dominion, the me chant has had very great advantages this; season for purchasing Fall and Winter Goods, especiall,y when purchasing fr CASH. We offer great. inducements to cash , purchasers, and have every lonfidetice that any one inspecting our stock and compariag our prices can resf assured that we can still mailatain the lead. We respectfully solicit tn inspection of our stock, wed shall deem it no trouble to show the goods in our various departments, whoa the public can see or themselves where the best stock in the county can be obtained. Speeial lines in Dress Goods im all the newest material, imported direst, nd only to be found in the ontreal liouse retail at wholeliale prtcese 4 OAK HALiJ LOIHING AND GENTS' FURNISHING HOUSE. The leading House in the county forfashione. We have a large assortment 1 ,f English, Irish, Scotch and Canada Tweeds, Felt Hats, Fu Caps, Scotch Caps, Cloth Caps, Shirts, Collars, Ties, &c. Snits made to ord r. Good fit guaranteed. • DUNCAN & DUNCAN, SWORTH. ENTRAL GROC-F?Y LAIDLAW Sc FAIRLEY, • ROPRIETORS. TEAS! The public are cordially quality arid price cannot be e 1 ts, and every package guara TEAS! vited to inspect our stock Of TE celled. Special bargains in five a teed to give satisfaction, or cash refu TEAS S, which for d ten pound ded. We h Id large stock in Granulated, Refined and Raws, ard prices as low as any house in the county. See our samples and prices. A full stook of General Groceries at all times, and forquality cannot be surpassed. Also a large qtaan- t ty of Canned Fruits, Fish and Meats. a a CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. ,We hld one of the largest and best stocks west of Toronto, aid parties de- rous of purchasing anything an this department would do well to examine our ock befote making their sele6tions. A fine lot of Dinner Sets fr In $12 to $50 set. China. Tea Sets from '$5 to $15; Pr.nted Tea Sets—a tare stock and rices lown Chamber Sets, plaini and decorated, in prices frorn $ .50 upwards. lasswar in gteat variety. °fall and see oar stock. No trolible to show goods d quote prices. Highest prices paid for Butter, Eggs and coarse grains. idlaw & Fairiey, Sego th. he G-reat THAT IS Question at Issue OVING THE MASES. EFORMATION AGITAtED. UT A REFORMATION AS BEEN GOING ON AND IS STILL GOING ON AT L4 Smith' Dry Good; § Store, IN THE SHAPE OF ARTLING REDUCtl 'lie Right Key Note Sou de ople thoroughly satisfied, and are every day that we are giving gre ins. Come in and see us, and e ods and get prices at J. L. SMITH'S Cheap Dry Goods, Seaf N S The telling t bar- ar,aine rth. • NOVEMBER 14, 1884. ROBB'S GROCERY, sEAFORTH. Parties wishing to purchase Freeh Groceries of the Choicest Brands, are particularly requested to call at the Popular Grocery, Stark'13Iock, Ming Street, Seaforth. I have. now a fine stock of the hest Sugars in the marltet, of all brande, and will give FIFTEEN POUNDS FOR ONE DOLLAR. •FRESH HONEY. I have as fine a lot iof extracted Honey as can be found in the market, at 15 cents per pound. • CHOICE TEAS As usual, cheap and good. Robh's celebrated Cured Hams and Naas always on hand. The hams' are especially fine this season, having been cured by an improved process. :Our meats wholesale and retail: All kinds of Family Groceries always on bands. Inspection respectfully in- vited. HUGH ROBB. N. B.—Ring's Specific, a sure cure for Dyspepsia, always on hand. THE AURORA QUICK TRAIN WATCH. • The whole plant is owned and con- trolled by practical watchmakers. Stockholders only are agents. Nothing but fine grade movements will be made, and will be sold at prices of ordinary grades of other makes. The move- ments will be ready in ,September. Those thinking of purchasing a fine watch will do well to wait and see them. M. R. COUNTER, Agent for Seaforth and vicinity. FARMERS, IT WILL PAY YOU —TO GALL AT TRE— .HURON FOUNDRY, R THE HIGH SCHOOLSEAFORTH, And see our stock of ID 11110 S Which has been made especially for tins county. I have greatly inaprovea my Gang Plow for this season, and feel satisfied in saying that it is the best in the market. Our LAND ROLLERS Are large and heavy. running light and doing good work. Our GRA1N_CRUSHERS Are made from hard iron, and will ° longer than tiny other machine made. Having special tools for recutting Rollers, we can guarantee satisfactem. Special attention given to repairing Steam Engines, Saw and Grist Mills, Reapers, Mowers, Threshing Machines, and all kinds of machinery repaired on short notice and at reasonable rates. To contractors and otters — Bridge Bolts and Castings at lowest' rates. Quotations furnished on application, la— Also agent for the implements of L. D. Sawyer, Hamilton. A fall line of repairs constantly on hand.. THOMAS HENDRY. WALL PAPER, • WALL PAPER, WALL PAPER.' LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN THE COUNTY —AND ---- LOWEST PRICES, AT C. W. PAPST'S SEAFORTH. APPLES. APPLES. CHARLES DONALD & 00,, 79, Queen Street, London, E, England, WILL be glad to correspond with Apple Grow' ers, alerehants and Shippeis, with a view to Autumn and Spring business. • They will able give the usual facilities to customers requiring advances. 869-39 40,000 ACRES of WILD and IMPROVED LANDS, for see, along the line of the P. H. & N. W. R. B. in Sanilac and Huron Counties, Michigan. Prices from 86 per acre upwards. Good water, narkets, soil, climate, &c. Free Guides and. Excursion Bates to show the lands. Wribe for lists and full particulars to W. W. JONES, 26 Militsry Port Huron, Michigan, general agent for Tennes- see Lands 868x18 1 •ITOVE BER 14,, Gaieties —Why is the sun like z -cause it ie light when it • _And now the maid sacque Doth view ti snaile;—She knows the come bacque —When. td Style- -A. Boston doctor eti This is a case where a -outlet' is worth a, dozen oine. • .—"Carry a piece of ti 0n, says a hiut o wash yourself ashore presumably. • —A young phyeician W. 13..olmes fer a Bakal+ fevers gratefully receit tv response. —A little girl, aged f bed one night, and kneel her prayers, said: wily say a mete to-niglit —The Philadelphia (1 pleasent word aivoreel njays. Detached is the Th.sre we soppose semi-detached woms.u. --41 A Crank Arrea an exchange speaks of t, cality of some small itej an Italian's handangait that it wouldn't grind, --A young lady in -SS doused a young men ai water -while he was dov begging her to be libeler the custom, we belie -Sag the Weet to wet a, nand • 44 What branchee e useful in the educatien asked a vieitor 011 a madam. She shifted other side of her U101111 •Ilificantly to a birch , • the window. —Scientiets eon, 1e1 this earth was peopled= ,before Adam was '1 • prepared to dispute thi east. We have alwity mankind could learn, s( in only 6,000 years. , think it is tole •, Mrs. Sparrowgrs.see: thepaerthatSt.J011 . ; ! 'heated fot president •' making fun of live peo • begin lugging in the a is too much. • —A tramp stoppd -asked for something he. you like best ?" aeked " steals or chop The • and replied, 44 Chop.", • way eaid the girl ; ; there's the woodpile. t —A little daughtea • silently watching be serinon, asked : Ton what to write in some little hesitattea men replied in the affi Papa, why do yan sere _"What de yon tache?"• aelied s. youi "Oh 1 it remie)e tier city,' was the • respect Pray? large enough, but the • gling." --The atmosphere finite detail o gen to pounce upon our contribution to its go breath takes in a eau- cre-atures to riot (es • nerds." ---,, _ • Nadia' ti • During the , coaa. p - Regiment at Santa . found consider ble:di ing the men fr m abi without le a v43—a -which the mint -inlet roome and the htrg Santa Rosa girls—en • —were -chiefly accent , One particullariy;st the sentinels Were with their tongues de their months with'h • whether the privatt would drink every ;41 • the "relief l' cane t observed a private 04 • staggering along in • load of muth oonvilv, 131011S waterraellon ite 44 Who goes there '" E r —hic — er fee traanta. ,,Ava- lace, rielio, t go amiablyt er si gia. " replied ti't "Hamn- ie • DI her—hie—give ! mellin." Pretty soon the Ofi round and Build toita • absorbed in Munchil water melon et CI ck ot ' — °11e -t: ‘ Did. Peakins re ing4:‘nDYi erieassdhiret2ligle vLeieti17! 8tji • • himself, s.s the mita " Well, no sirtn confer:but-I ye -Th , i0ho1era,'1)/4 he:Bli I passed him' am a p • your tent." - • ° • " Did, oh?" 1371 •" Hum wate meloe that was ne4 enel uj • Post. " • Forest .• In Germo6iY police, whose di4y; devastation s 1.0 th0*. • owners. trees withou • thorities, The res the staple, tluel of the Gevernfl1e1311 tact the peOl0 a.g providence, he pei sweep away all them to clefl.r the dews hold oi th the price Of fne 1860 as renal a ing timber rose sixteenth centuty led so much, anid so high that faonrae sat sp puoui dn et; at • duty it was to eta in their proyineee tection of trees, je to see to the pret1 result has been; ed to grow longer reached reaturi ty tained s zertaia stnnOgselropWill,Ttasl4hIl u 1